Table 2.

Correlations between measures of fitness and arterial compliance for the total group, obese group, and lean group, and the partial correlation for the total group adjusted for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), age, total cholesterol (total chol), fasting glucose, and body mass index (BMI).

Correlation with arterial compliance		r	P
Total group
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (L·min−1)		0.64	<.001
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kg−1·min−1)		0.39	.008
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kgFFM−1·min−1)		0.49	.001
Total group adjusted for SBP, DBP, age, total chol, fasting glucose, BMI
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (L·min−1)		0.61	<.001
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kg−1·min−1)		0.36	.02
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kgFFM−1·min−1)		0.26	.11
Obese group
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (L·min−1)		0.72	<.001
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kg−1·min−1)		0.70	<.001
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kgFFM−1·min−1)		0.70	<.001
Lean group
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (L·min−1)		0.41	.05
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kg−1·min−1)		0.26	.21
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2max (ml·kgFFM−1·min−1)		0.18	.40